MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report No. :

344708

Report Date :

16.10.2015

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

INTERNATIONAL PAPER MANUFACTURING & DISTRIBUTION LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

11/F., Tower 5, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

20.02.1987

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

10814857

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Manufacturer and exporter of all kinds of corrugating medium paper.

 

 

No. of Employees :

20

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31, 2015

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2014)

Current Rating

(31.03.2015)

Hong Kong

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

HONG KONG - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is about four times GDP. Hong Kong has no tariffs on imported goods, and it levies excise duties on only four commodities, whether imported or produced locally: hard alcohol, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil, and methyl alcohol. There are no quotas or dumping laws. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, its continued reliance on foreign trade and investment leaves it vulnerable to renewed global financial market volatility or a slowdown in the global economy. The Hong Kong government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 12.5% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2014. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for about half of Hong Kong's total trade by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 47.3 million in 2014, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2014 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 50% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 60.1% of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions have caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly; consumer prices increased by more than 4.4% in 2014. Lower and middle income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983. In 2014, Hong Kong and China signed a new agreement on achieving basic liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong Province under the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement, adopted in 2003 to forge closer ties between Hong Kong and the mainland. The new measures, effective from March 2015, cover a negative list and a most-favored treatment provision, and will improve access to the mainland's service sector for Hong Kong-based companies.

 

Source : CIA

 

Company name and address

 

INTERNATIONAL  PAPER  MANUFACTURING  &  DISTRIBUTION  LTD.

 

 

ADDRESS:       11/F., Tower 5, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

PHONE:            852-2378 8888

 

FAX:                 852-2378 1601

 

MANAGEMENT:

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Chan Sai Kwong

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            20th February, 1987.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$364,858,740.00

 

Business Category:       Medium Paper Manufacturer.

 

Group Net Sales:           US$23,617 million  (Year ended 31-12-2014)

 

Employees:                  20.

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Satisfactory.

 

 

ADDRESS

 

Registered Office & Factory:-

11/F., Tower 5, China Hong Kong City, 33 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

Sales Office:-

Room 1106-1107, 11/F., Lippo Sun Plaza, 28 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

[Tel: 852-2375 0085;  Fax: 852-2479 3913, 2375 1601]

 

Holding Company:-

International Paper (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Ultimate Holding Company:-

International Paper Company, United States.

 

Associated Companies:-

International Paper Group of Companies

Ace Packaging Systems Inc., U.S.

Alexander Plantation LLC, U.S.

Baoding International Paper Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

Basswood Forests II LLC, U.S.

Basswood Forests LLC, U.S.

Beijing Golden Eagle Package & Production Co. Ltd., China.

Birch Forests LLC, U.S.

Cartonajes International S.L., Spain.

Cartonajes Union S.L., Spain.

Cartonnerie de Martinique SAS, France.

Castell L.P., U.S.

Castell Management Ltd. Liability Co., U.S.

Certified Forest Management LLC, U.S.

Champion Realty Corporation, U.S.

Chocolate Bayou Water Co., U.S.

Circle Tree Insurance Co., U.S.

CMCP – International Paper S.A.S., Morocco.

Commercial Realty & Properties LLC, U.S.

Comptoir des Bois de Brive SAS, France.

ECHO Easement Corridor LLC, U.S.

El Morro Corrugated Box Corporation, Puerto Rico.

EM Xpedx S.A. de C.V., Mexico.

Emballages Laurent SAS, France.

English Oak LLC, U.S.

Federal Forestlands Inc., U.S.

Forest Insurance Ltd., Bermuda.

GCO Minerals LLC, Texas.

Groveton Paper Board Inc., U.S.

Haig Point Inc., U.S.

Hawthorn Forests LLC, U.S.

Hazelnut Forest LLC, U.S.

Hickory Forests LLC, U.S.

I.P. Container Holdings (Spain) S.L., Spain.

Inland Paper Co. Inc., U.S.

Instituto International Paper, Brazil.

International Paper – 26 Inc., U.S.

International Paper – 35 Inc., U.S.

International Paper – Comercio de Papel e Participacoes Arapoti Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper – Kwidzyn Sp. z.o.o., Poland.

International Paper & Sun (Hong Kong) Trading Ltd., Hong Kong.

International Paper & Sun Cartonboard Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Beijing) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Chengdu) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Chongqing) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Deutschland) GmbH, Germany.

International Paper (Dongguan) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Espana) S.L., Spain.

International Paper (Europe) Sarl., Luxembourg.

International Paper (Guangzhou Panyu) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Guangzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Hohhot) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (India) Private Ltd., India.

International Paper (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.

International Paper (Nanjing) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (New Zealand) Ltd., New Zealand.

International Paper (Poland) Holding sp. z.o.o., Poland.

International Paper (Shanghai Minhang) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Shenyang) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Suzhou) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (Tianjin) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper (UK) Ltd., U.K.

International Paper (Wuhan) Packaging Co. Ltd., China.

International Paper Agroflorestal Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper APPM Ltd., India.

International Paper Benelux SPRL, Belgium.

International Paper Cartones Ltda., Chile.

International Paper Celulose Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper Co. Employee Relief Fund, U.S.

International Paper Co. Foundation, U.S.

International Paper Co. Ltd., U.K.

International Paper Co., U.S.

International Paper Container (Frnace) Holding SAS, France.

International Paper Container (Shanghai) Ltd., China.

International Paper CTA (Mexico) S.A. de C.V. Sofom E.N.R., Mexico.

International Paper Czech Republic s.r.o., Czech Republic.

International Paper de Brasil Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper Distribution (Shanghai) Ltd., China.

International Paper Distribution (Shanghai) Ltd., China.

International Paper Distribution Group (Taiwan) Ltd., Taiwan.

International Paper Distribution Ltd., British Virgin Islands.

International Paper Dutch Services B.V., Netherlands.

International Paper Embalagens Industriais Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper Embalagens Ltda., Brazil.

International Paper Exportadora Ltda., Brazil.

The Branigar Organization Inc., U.S.

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

10814857

 

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0183323

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Chan Sai Kwong

 

 

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

 

HK$364,858,740.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDER  

 

(As per registry dated 20-02-2015)

Name

 

No. of shares

International Paper (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

364,858,740

=========

 

 

DIRECTORS  

 

(As per registry dated 20-02-2015)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

CHIK Chun Wa, Carment

Flat G, 34/F., Block 1, Metro Harbour View, 8 Fuk Lee Street, Taikoktsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

CHAN Sai Kwong

Flat D, 59/F., Block T1, Sorrento, 1 Austin Road West, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY

 

(As per registry dated 20-02-2015)

Name

Address

Co. No.

Pyramid Corporate Service Ltd.

Unit 511, 5/F., Tower 1, Silvercord, 30 Canton Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

1265988

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 20th February, 1987 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

It was originally registered under the name of Future’s Safe Co. Ltd., name changed to Pacific Millennium Paper Manufacturing & Distribution Ltd. on 23rd August, 2002 and further to the present style on 1st November, 2005.

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Manufacturer and Exporter.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of corrugating medium paper.

 

Employees:                  20.

 

Raw Materials:               Mainly bought waste paper in Hong Kong and from Europe.

 

Markets:                        Hong Kong, China, Europe, US

 

Group Net Sales:           US$18,496 million  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

US$19,464 million  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

US$21,852 million  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

US$23,483 million  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

US$23,617 million  (Year ended 31-12-2014)

 

Terms/Sales:  Various terms.

 

Terms/Buying:  As per contracted.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$364,858,740.00

 

Profit or Loss:               Business is profitable.

 

Group Net Earnings Attributable to Company:

US$   691 million  (Year ended 31-12-2010)

US$1,322 million  (Year ended 31-12-2011)

US$   794 million  (Year ended 31-12-2012)

US$1,395 million  (Year ended 31-12-2013)

US$   555 million  (Year ended 31-12-2014)

 

Condition:                     Business is actively conducted.

 

Facilities:                      Making active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      No Complaints

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Banker:                         Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:                      Good.

 

 

GENERAL

 

International Paper Manufacturing & Distribution Ltd. is a subsidiary of International Paper (Asia) Ltd. which is a Hong Kong-based company.  Its ultimate holding company International Paper Company [International Paper/Company/Group when including subsidiaries] is a US-based company.

International Paper Company is a paper and packaging company with primary markets and manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.  The Company operates in three segments: Industrial Packaging, Printing Papers and Consumer Packaging. Industrial Packaging segment’s products include linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft. Printing Papers segment products include uncoated papers, which engage in the business of producing papers for use in copiers, desktop and laser printers and pulp, which manufactures printing, writing and specialty papers, tissue products and filtration products.  Consumer Packaging’s coated paperboard business produces coated paperboard for packaging and commercial printing end uses.  Its foodservice business produces cups, lids, food containers and plates.  Its brands include Hammermill, Springhill, Accent, Ballet, Rey, Pol, Everest, Fortress and Carolina.

In the United States, at December 31, 2014, the Company operated 25 pulp, paper and packaging mills, 177 converting and packaging plants, 18 recycling plants and three bag facilities.  Production facilities at December 31, 2014 in Europe, Asia, Africa, India, Latin America and South America included 16 pulp, paper and packaging mills, 69 converting and packaging plants, and two recycling plants.  The Group operate a printing and packaging products distribution business principally through 12 branches in Asia.  At December 31, 2014, we owned or managed approximately 334,000 acres of forestland in Brazil and had, through licenses and forest management agreements, harvesting rights on government-owned forestlands in Russia.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, International Paper reported net sales of US$23.6 billion, compared with US$23.5 billion in 2013 and US$21.9 billion in 2012.  International net sales (including U.S. exports) totalled US$9.3 billion or 39% of total sales in 2014.  This compares with international net sales of US$9.5 billion in 2013 and US$8.4 billion in 2012.

Full year 2014 net earnings attributable to International Paper Company totalled US$555 million (US$1.29 per share), compared with net earnings of US$1.4 billion (US$3.11 per share) in 2013 and US$794 million (US$1.80 per share) in 2012.

As of December 31, 2014, the Group had approximately 58,000 employees, nearly 34,000 of whom were located in the United States.

The subject is fully supported by International Paper.  History in Hong Kong is over 28 years and seven months.

On the whole, consider the subject good for normal business engagements.

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.64.82

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.41

Euro

1

Rs.74.50

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

KAR

 

 

Report Prepared by :

TRU

 

               

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

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NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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